The Stinking Rose garlic gag

The Stinking Rose is a long-running North Beach restaurant known for menu items that prominently feature garlic, marketing itself with the slogan 'We season our garlic with food.' Its heavy use of garlic in nearly every dish has been widely reported in food coverage of San Francisco. Locals commonly joke that patrons will leave the restaurant smelling strongly of garlic, and the restaurant's reputation for unabashed garlic-forward cooking is a frequent source of local humor. The Stinking Rose occupies a storefront in the heart of North Beach.